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Feld Motor Sports Grants Rights to IMG Media
By
Monster JaM Media
Jan 7, 2012
Feld Motor Sports® Grants
International Television Distribution Rights to IMG Media
Key Properties Monster Jam
®
and Monster Energy
Supercross to Grow International Television Footprint
AURORA
, Ill.(January
7, 2012) – Feld Motor Sports® announced today that it has selected IMG
Media, a division of IMG Worldwide, the global sports, fashion and media
company, to be the exclusive international television distributor of its world
class live motor sports events including Monster Jam® and Monster
Energy Supercross, an FIM World Championship.
In
a strategic move to exponentially increase the number of viewers of Feld Motor
Sports’ roster of properties on a global scale, IMG Media will dedicate most of
its initial focus on distributing Monster Jam and Monster Energy Supercross to
television partners in Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
“Feld Motor Sports’ live
entertainment production Monster Energy Supercross and Monster Jam are leading
motor sports properties in North America and we are thrilled to distribute and
build their brand around the world,” said Hillary Mandel, Senior Vice
President, IMG Media. “Feld knocks it out of the park in North America with
sold out events, great television production and terrific network television
coverage. Given the quality of production, the international field of athletes
who compete in Monster Energy Supercross and the pure adrenaline factor of both
properties, we are eager to sell and distribute these properties
globally.”
Monster
Energy Supercross is the premier off-road motorcycle racing championship in the
world, with an FIM World Championship sanction, performing in front of 800,000
fans at 17 races.. The racing circuit has made international stops in
Switzerland, The Netherlands, Spain, and currently hosts a race in Canada.
Many of the top riders who compete for the Monster Energy Supercross
championship come from outside the United States including Australia, England,
Scotland, Italy, Germany, France, South Africa, Mexico, and Costa Rica.
Domestically, Monster Energy Supercross programming airs on SPEED, CBS Sports,
and Fuel TV.
Monster
Jam is the largest touring monster truck property in the world performing in
front of 4 million fans annually. Sell-out crowds routinely pack the
world’s top stadiums and arenas to cheer for their favorite monster trucks
including fan favorites Grave Digger®, Maximum Destruction®,
Monster Mutt®, Mohawk Warrior
℠
,
Grinder
℠
, and El Toro Loco®
among others. Monster Jam has a strong worldwide retail consumer product
licensing program that includes key global partners Mattel, Activision, K’NEX,
Traxxas, and Fathead, in addition to many domestic and territory specific
licensees. Monster Jam television programming can be seen domestically on
SPEED and CBS Sports.
“IMG
is the best international television distributor in the world and we couldn’t
be happier that they are representing our international television rights,”
said Charlie Mancuso, President, Feld Motor Sports. “We have had a series
of recent exciting television announcements that add to the breadth of Monster
Jam and Monster Energy Supercross, and this partnership is another step to
growing the properties on a global scale.”
For
more information on the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World
Championship, please log on to
www.SupercrossOnline.com
. For all media
requests, please contact Denny Hartwig
dhartwig@feldinc.com
or 630-566-6305. To follow Monster
Energy Supercross on Facebook and Twitter, log on to
http://www.facebook.com/supercrosslive
and
http://twitter.com/supercrosslive
.
About Feld Motor
Sports®
Feld
Motor Sports®, Inc. is the world leader in specialized arena and
stadium-based motor sports entertainment. Feld Motor Sports, Inc.
productions include Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam®, Monster Energy
Supercross, AMA Arenacross Series, Nuclear Cowboyz®, and IHRA®
Nitro Jam®. Feld Motor Sports, Inc. is a division of Feld
Entertainment, the world’s largest producer of live family entertainment.
For more information on Feld Entertainment, visit
www.feldentertainment.com
.
About
IMG
IMG Worldwide is a global sports, fashion and
media business, with nearly 3,000 employees operating in 30 countries around
the globe. IMG’s areas of expertise are diverse and wide ranging: IMG
College; IMG’s Joint Ventures in China, Brazil and India; IMG Media; IMG Events
and Federations; IMG Fashion; IMG Models; IMG Art+Commerce; IMG Clients; IMG
Academies; IMG Consulting and IMG Licensing. More information is
available at
www.imgworld.com
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